Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[bunnyman]

By the time this land opens, all three movies from the trilogy will have opened!

 

[Steel City Magic]

By the time this land opens, all three movies from the trilogy will have opened!

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

I don't know how many people are watching the progress of AvatarLand over but here is a picture of what the land looks like currently. This shows that WDI can develop jaw dropping lands. Avatar is 10 acres while SWL will be 14 acres. This makes me really excited about what could be going into DHS.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

View attachment 155649 I don't know how many people are watching the progress of AvatarLand over but here is a picture of what the land looks like currently. This shows that WDI can develop jaw dropping lands. Avatar is 10 acres while SWL will be 14 acres. This makes me really excited about what could be going into DHS.

what exactly has proven that they CANT make jaw dropping lands?

 

[FigmentForver96]

what exactly has proven that they CANT make jaw dropping lands?

Well New Fantasyland wasn't exactly the blow away of all lands.

Storybook Circus is a rehash of the tents, coaster and they simply moved the Dumbo. I'll admit I do enjoy the area at night.

Mine train could be considered to be taking the place of what was once 20,000 leagues under the sea. The ride was hacked to death that the final version, while cute, is a far cry from jaw dropping and def doesn't serve as the E-Ticket center piece for the land.

Little Mermaid is a clone and not even that great of a clone. The queue is forever long and filled with more detail then the ride.

The main castle is miniature and the forced perspective only works in a few places.

Enchanted Tales with Belle is just an updated meet and greet. So yea the land is ok and we needed the capcity but they did nothing totally mind blowing with it

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Well New Fantasyland wasn't exactly the blow away of all lands.

Storybook Circus is a rehash of the tents, coaster and they simply moved the Dumbo. I'll admit I do enjoy the area at night.

Mine train could be considered to be taking the place of what was once 20,000 leagues under the sea. The ride was hacked to death that the final version, while cute, is a far cry from jaw dropping and def doesn't serve as the E-Ticket center piece for the land.

Little Mermaid is a clone and not even that great of a clone. The queue is forever long and filled with more detail then the ride.

The main castle is miniature and the forced perspective only works in a few places.

Enchanted Tales with Belle is just an updated meet and greet. So yea the land is ok and we needed the capcity but they did nothing totally mind blowing with it

But was NFL supposed to be a jaw dropping land? I mean it's beautifully designed and crafted, but very basic underneath. If it was supposed to be Carsland level of scale then I would call it a let down. I mean Lumieres AA was enough to send my jaw to the floor. The circus is flat, but I don't see your point. And not to get off topic, but why are so many people disappointed with new fantasyland?

 

[danlb_2000]

But was NFL supposed to be a jaw dropping land? I mean it's beautifully designed and crafted, but very basic underneath. If it was supposed to be Carsland level of scale then I would call it a let down. I mean Lumieres AA was enough to send my jaw to the floor. The circus is flat, but I don't see your point. And not to get off topic, but why are so many people disappointed with new fantasyland?

I think for the most part people thought the land looked great, but were disappointed in the content. The land only has two new rides, Mermaid which is a clone of a ride that a lot of people feel is flawed to begin with and the Mine Ride which people feel is to short to really be a home run and we had to loose Snow White Scary Adventure to get it. Of course I think people would have been even more disappointed with the original plans for the land.

Personally I like the expansion, and enjoy both Mermaid and the Mine Ride, but I definitely think it could have been better. It took up a lot of time and space for a net gain of only one ride from what it was right before construction start.

There is an entire sub-forum of discussion on this here:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/forums/fantasyland-expansion.126/

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

I think for the most part people thought the land looked great, but were disappointed in the content. The land only has two new rides, Mermaid which is a clone of a ride that a lot of people feel is flawed to begin with and the Mine Ride which people feel is to short to really be a home run and we had to loose Snow White Scary Adventure to get it. Of course I think people would have been even more disappointed with the original plans for the land.

Personally I like the expansion, and enjoy both Mermaid and the Mine Ride, but I definitely think it could have been better. It took up a lot of time and space for a net gain of only one ride from what it was right before construction start.

There is an entire sub-forum of discussion on this here:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/forums/fantasyland-expansion.126/

Well mermaid isn't an E ticket but I think the FL version is great and I honestly would have it over Snow White. As for SDMT, a great looking ride, but short because it had to be. Does this mean we can move on?

 

[Mike S]

But was NFL supposed to be a jaw dropping land? I mean it's beautifully designed and crafted, but very basic underneath. If it was supposed to be Carsland level of scale then I would call it a let down. I mean Lumieres AA was enough to send my jaw to the floor. The circus is flat, but I don't see your point. And not to get off topic, but why are so many people disappointed with new fantasyland?

To add to what @danlb_2000 said the plans for Tokyo's New Fantasyland also show how poor ours is.

In addition to this B&tB E Ticket an Alice E Ticket is rumored as well. There's also rumors of an Arendelle expansion for DL's Fantasyland that will feature the same E Ticket coming to TDS.

In MK we got the extremely short end of the stick.

 

[DinoInstitute]

Well mermaid isn't an E ticket but I think the FL version is great and I honestly would have it over Snow White. As for SDMT, a great looking ride, but short because it had to be. Does this mean we can move on?

I agree LM is probably a better attraction than SWSA, but what do you mean 7D was short because it had to be?

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

I agree LM is probably a better attraction than SWSA, but what do you mean 7D was short because it had to be?

Besides the plans were changed as last minute as they could be from a meet and greet to the coaster. They had very limited time and space. Plus, if they put too much coaster in there it would look unnatural. The whole SDMT project was a headache to get done.

 

[SosoDude]

Sho'Nuff!

 

[DinoInstitute]

Besides the plans were changed as last minute as they could be from a meet and greet to the coaster. They had very limited time and space. Plus, if they put too much coaster in there it would look unnatural. The whole SDMT project was a headache to get done.

But as mentioned above the original plans were infact much bigger. They just got cut. And I don't really think limited time was an issue, if it was then they already missed the mark completely

I mean I appreciate 7DMT for what it is, but IMO the excuses don't really change anything for the quality of the attraction.

 

[Mike S]

Besides the plans were changed as last minute as they could be from a meet and greet to the coaster. They had very limited time and space. Plus, if they put too much coaster in there it would look unnatural. The whole SDMT project was a headache to get done.

The longer version would've used the same exact space. Orange is what we got.

 

[FigmentForver96]

You can love New Fantasyland and that's ok. I like walking around the area, especially at night but you asked when has Disney built a land that wants mind blowing. The answer is New Fantasyland and unless something changes Toy Story Land is well on its way to do much worse

 

[twebber55]

i do think two of the next three lands at WDW will WOW us when we walk in

 

[JUFL2019]

I clicked show ignored content and immediately regretted it.

On Topic: I hope we get some new aerial photos soon since the laydown yard has started, demolition is underway and the new temp access road is built.

 

[Siren]

While I can't say for certain I think the new rides will focus on the new trilogy. I believe Star Wars Land had been planned for years ago but was held off and redesigned because the company wanted to tie in the new trilogy.

Hi @Darth Sidious! I'll be happy with just one of the rides based on the new trilogy and the other ride should be centered around TFA because I really want to see BB8 and the chrome stormtrooper.

 

[danlb_2000]

Well mermaid isn't an E ticket but I think the FL version is great and I honestly would have it over Snow White. As for SDMT, a great looking ride, but short because it had to be. Does this mean we can move on?

I am interested to see how Mermaid looks with it's most recent updates. SDMT didn't have to be as short as it is, the original designs had it longer.

 

[JohnWD]

I am interested to see how Mermaid looks with it's most recent updates. SDMT didn't have to be as short as it is, the original designs had it longer.

This is OT, but I love LM, and was on the MK LM in June, and the DCA LM a couple of weeks ago. When was there an update? Did I already see it, or did I just miss it?